Game Shows

honeychile · #1 01-30-2026, 05:29 PM

Do you like to watch Game Shows?
Are you a regular watcher?
Do you have favorites?
Have you ever been on one?

honeychile · #2 01-30-2026, 05:31 PM

DH & I are hardcore. We record Jeopardy! every day and watch the reruns as well. You have to understand that Jeopardy! comes on at 3:30 here in Chicagoland, and it's often not shown because of an emergency news report. So, we record its reshowing at 2am as well.

We also watch Game Show Network quite a bit.

I did take the Jeopardy! test back when you did it live, but it was held on the same week I left my ex and didn't do as well as I had hoped. (!) I wouldn't mind trying out for Wheel of Fortune at some point.

TLLK · #3 01-30-2026, 10:42 PM

I'm not a game show watcher, but my husband has discovered a channel called BUZZR that shows ancient game shows from the 1970's, 80's and 90's. Nothing like seeing long gone celebrities on Match Game!!!

cheerfulgreek · #4 01-30-2026, 10:53 PM

I watch Family Feud sometimes when I’m not watching the news or science and animal channels.

AGDee · #5 01-31-2026, 11:34 AM

When I'm available and don't have something else I'm watching, I watch Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. I had dinner this week with an Alpha Gam sister who is totally into The Price is Right, has been on it twice and won twice! They limit how often you can be a contestant and she's almost at that limit so she's planning on going again. She studies in advance to learn the prices and things.

FSUZeta · #6 01-31-2026, 04:57 PM

I have a cousin who appeared on Wheel of Fortune with her daughter. They won a trip to Costa Rica.

I haven’t watched in donkey’s years but enjoyed Jeopardy when Alex was the host.

Cheerio · #7 03-09-2026, 12:09 PM

The only reason to watch 5-75 year old Game Show Reruns on tv is to distract oneself from happenings in The Real World. And when their game show reruns rerun, what to watch then?

honeychile · #8 03-10-2026, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta

I have a cousin who appeared on Wheel of Fortune with her daughter. They won a trip to Costa Rica.

I haven’t watched in donkey’s years but enjoyed Jeopardy when Alex was the host.

I miss Alex Trebek, too. A lot of people like Ken Jennings, but he's just not the same as Alex to me.

We also watch The Chase, and the other one with "The Beast", whose name escapes me just now.

Cheerio · #9 03-12-2026, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

Do you like to watch Game Shows?
Are you a regular watcher?
Do you have favorites?
Have you ever been on one?

Here's my recent big beef with the current run of JEOPARDY!: multiple answers are re-used across all versions of the show (celebrity, regular, champions tournament, invitational tournament, etc).

One example: just today the answer regarding the only x-rated film to win the Best Picture Oscar* was asked for a third time in less than 3 weeks

It's disconcerting to watch and have to wonder, based on the very familliar answers used, whether I'm seeing a rerun or they've finally dumbed-down the show to just a few thousand repeated answers.